Re: [IxDA Discuss] Best Practices for Mouseover Layers
Just out of curiosity: how can you comply to Section 508 if you information provided with mouse-over functions? Do we draw a line between cosmetic feedback (colour change) or if the information provided is additional or vital? Or is a mouse-over a mouse-over and if used, not compliant to Section 508? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas
Personas are not meant to represent one person or user. They are meant to represent classes or segments of users. This is a valid use of them. It is hard for a Peronsa to represent classes or segments of users. Chapman and Milham put it far better than I could. Unfortunately, one cannot use scattered data points to assemble a composite description with any known relationship to a population. Each additional datum – if it has any informational content – has a probability less than 1.0. See: http://cnchapman.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/chapman-milham-personas-hfes2006-0139-0330.pdf We are told so many times not to use us for our designs, ourselves, or our mothers as the target for a design. But surely this is better than something that is purely fictional. Are they useful as a good communication tools? Probably not as you are communicating something that is fictional, and does not represent anything. Mike suggest just using the real data subjects. Why not just put a fake name on one of data subjects for external use? James On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Ali Naqvi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Michael, http://www.snitker.com/public/dokumenter/A4personasplakat2.pdf This has been made by a Danish PHd. Ali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35624 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position
2008/11/17 Maxim Soloviev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm working on UI for web application and I need to show several dialogs, one of them is confirmation of deleting the file. So I'm wondering -- what is the best position for modal dialog: A. Center of screen B. Near control that caused dialog appearance C. Near mouse cursor position (in most cases it will be equal to B since there is very little delay between action and showing dialog). Option B – place the control *within the users locus of attention*. -- Regards, Danny Hope http://linkedin.com/in/dannyhope 07595 226 792 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position
Option B. :-) cheers, Rajesh UX-Zoho On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Danny Hope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/11/17 Maxim Soloviev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm working on UI for web application and I need to show several dialogs, one of them is confirmation of deleting the file. So I'm wondering -- what is the best position for modal dialog: A. Center of screen B. Near control that caused dialog appearance C. Near mouse cursor position (in most cases it will be equal to B since there is very little delay between action and showing dialog). Option B – place the control *within the users locus of attention*. -- Regards, Danny Hope http://linkedin.com/in/dannyhope 07595 226 792 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas
The way I understand it, that is a bad idea because you could end up designing to the (non-representative) quirks of the individual, rather than needs that are shared by many such individuals. Cheers, -- Martin Polley Technical writer, interaction designer +972 52 3864280 Twitter: martinpolley http://capcloud.com/ On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:52 AM, James Page [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] you are communicating something that is fictional, and does not represent anything. Mike suggest just using the real data subjects. Why not just put a fake name on one of data subjects for external use? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Where that ACD thing fits
I'm not sure I agree with Jared's surgical analogy. A medical or surgical professional will always endeavour to prescribe the most appropriate treatment for any particular condition, and those treatments are (generally) pretty well defined by the larger surgical community. So it's not like the surgeon has a choice. Stepping outside of the accepted option is likely to lead him into some pretty deep water and, in all likelihood (in the US at least), to litigation. As UX professionals, on the other hand, we have a free choice to make about which methodology to follow, and in our interpretation of what that methodolgy actually means in practice. To design an immersive and intuitive experience within the context of Rich Internet Applications (which is what Adobe Consulting are all about), I'd argue that we need to understand our users AND the activities they perform (or will be able to perform once we've worked our magic). So I don't see UCD and ACD being mutually exclusive; rather I think the latter is a component of the former. Which i think is what Jared is saying when he describes ACD as a lazy man's UCD. Now, the importance of laziness as a valuable human trait to be observed and leveraged in the search for innovative solutions is an idea I've been kicking around for some time. In fact, it's kinda spooky seeing Jared talk about it here, as it forms the basis of my presentation next week at MAX 2008. (Lazy Innovation. Monday 17 November, Moscone Centre, San Francisco at 11:30am for those who are interested in attending. Hope you'll forgive the shameless plug here.) Much of what Jared has written above chimes perfectly with what I'll be saying, so it's good to know in advance that I haven't completely lost my mind. I don't want to pre-empt the talk by going into too much detail now, but I'll post my thoughts on the subject here once I've got the event out of the way. Hopefully it'll be of interest to followers of this thread. George Neill Lead Experience Architect, EMEA Adobe Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35466 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage
http://www.ironicsans.com/owmyeyes/ :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35607 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fan box
www.fanbox.com If this is the home page - while the design is fairly clean - have no idea what Fanbox is so I think there is some design thinking to do Regards Terry http://www.linkedin.com/in/terryfitzgerald BLOG: http://hitsandmesses.blogspot.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag
I love this - its a bit more than a lot of people would like to spend though. I wonder how big of a user base they have. On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A pretty amazing piece of interaction design. http://www.sniftag.com/ -r- Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- -- I'm doing a century ride for the Leukemia Lymphoma society! Join me on my journey in any way you wish - whether it be joining me on my ride, cheering me on, or donating money for the cause. I can't do this alone, so I appreciate any support I can get! Help me cure Leukemia Lymphoma By donating directly: http://pages.teamintraining.org/sj/tdps09/cedgeton By buying shirts: http://www.zazzle.com/cedgeton Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Disruptive technology espoused by UX practitioners in these recession times
Are you among the stakeholders who are introducing, via conceptualizing or prototyping, disruptive technologies? These innovators often come from small companies or independent inventors, who take aim at or create a niche or technology that upset the endeavors of major companies. Examples include container ships and advanced search technologies. Disrupters can also come from brave employees of major companies. It's less about the patent than the concept and harness. Best regards, Paul Turner Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position
Hi, Maxim! But why this deletion confirmation dialog is modal? Can't speak of all dialogs in your application, but this very dialog could be displayed right on the place where the user has clicked: Delete (link) - click! Are you sure . Yes (link) No (link) I've used this approach in one of my projects (checkvist.com) and got positive feedback. Cheers! On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:45 AM, Maxim Soloviev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone :) I'm working on UI for web application and I need to show several dialogs, one of them is confirmation of deleting the file. So I'm wondering -- what is the best position for modal dialog: A. Center of screen B. Near control that caused dialog appearance C. Near mouse cursor position (in most cases it will be equal to B since there is very little delay between action and showing dialog). -- Best regards, sasha maximova, interaction and user interface designer - http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity | http://www.checkvist.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Phoenix IxDA Meetups
I just recently relocated to Phoenix and was wondering if there were any established IxDA meetups. If not, is there any interest in one? -- Sent from my mobile device Tonia M. Bartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fan box
Hi Terry, I also agree that the home page is not clear at all, but should you click on profile you'd get the idea of what fanbox is: an online desktop with (fairly poor for now) office applications and some toys... I suppose the idea of the developers is to catch the online players to begin with, but I think the concept is not bad... Da: Terry Fitzgerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] A: Maria De Monte [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Forum Interaction Design Ixda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: Lunedì 17 novembre 2008, 12:14:49 Oggetto: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fan box www.fanbox.com If this is the home page - while the design is fairly clean - have no idea what Fanbox is so I think there is some design thinking to do Regards Terry http://www.linkedin.com/in/terryfitzgerald BLOG: http://hitsandmesses.blogspot.com Unisciti alla community di Io fotografo e video, il nuovo corso di fotografia di Gazzetta dello sport: http://www.flickr.com/groups/iofotografoevideo Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Fan box
Hello folks, what do you think about this www.fanbox.com I'm not in the development team, so my interest is not in selling the site. I just think is a good piece of design and would like to know your opinion about it. Maria Unisciti alla community di Io fotografo e video, il nuovo corso di fotografia di Gazzetta dello sport: http://www.flickr.com/groups/iofotografoevideo Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] UX Conference 2008 in Amsterdam
Hello, does anybody of you participate in the UX Conference 2008 in Amsterdam? I'm quite new to professional UX, iA IxD, thus I would appriciate to meet some IxDA-Members there. best, mike Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage
I'm not a fan of white text on black background. It's harder on the eyes. And your fonts are pretty small to overcome the reading difficulties. -- Regards Terry http://www.linkedin.com/in/terryfitzgerald BLOG: http://hitsandmesses.blogspot.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position
I think B is better and A is a little bit strange for users. -- Best regards, Angela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35637 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] [JOB] Wayfinding Designer – Istanbul/TURKEY – Sabiha Gokcen International Ai rport – Contract
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport / Istanbul Wayfinding Design Job Advertisement This job advertisement for design seeks a designer / design company who is capable of designing all wayfinding, and advertising places for all interior and exterior spaces at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (http://www.sgairport.com/ ), which will have a capacity of 19 million passengers per year, 220.000 m2 of terminal area, 8 mars passenger bridges capable of serving 16 planes simultaneously, 135.000 m2 of car park building for 4000 vehicles, VIP building and an airport hotel with 120 rooms. Required specifications for designers / design companies: - Knowledge and experience in information design and wayfinding design which can be demonstrated through their portfolio. - Preferably knowledge and experience on wayfinding design for public buildings, preferably airports. - Preferably knowledge of architecture to understand architectural blueprints, exchange opinions with the architect of the terminal building, or employing an expert that posses mastery on these subjects. - Preferably a division or part of the company which applies or in partnership with the company who applies. - Applicants should submit their web site address via e-mail. The site must contain the following information. Printed applications will not be considered. Information required to be provided on application web site: - Contact information and company identity. - Sign and pictogram design works and applications. - Other communication design works and applications, if any. - Wayfinding design works, applications for works given as reference. - If there is a partnership with an implementing company, works given as a reference indicating implementing company’s experience of public buildings and/or airports. Works given as reference should be relevant with definitions of following titles available at the Section 5, Specifications of Wayfinding Design for Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (see http://www.bakvag.yildiz.edu.tr/airport ) - Corporate Identity Design - Flow Sheets - Drawings for Application A minimum variety and quantity of these types of documents should be provided on application web site. Expiry date for applications: December 1, 2008 E-mail address for applications: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag
I actually met the guy who started this at Overlap this past year. Pretty amazing and smart guy. Really hope it succeeds. On Nov 14, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Casey Edgeton wrote: I love this - its a bit more than a lot of people would like to spend though. I wonder how big of a user base they have. On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A pretty amazing piece of interaction design. http://www.sniftag.com/ -r- Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fan box
I agree that the home page is clever, and seems to do a decent job explaining and illustrating what it does (assuming they covered everything). What's missing, I think, isn't the answer to the question What is it?, but...Why should I use it? Why is it a desktop client? Of their five core services (illustrated in the middle), why is the only unique one so poorly explained (Attract and manage fans - of what???) Clever design, tho... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35647 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag
Clearly, you're not a dog owner, Casey. :) I've been watching this company for a while. They just released the snif tag, and chances are pretty good my dog will be getting one for Christmas. It's a pretty innovative use of the technology, and I can just picture this being used on kids next. :) -eva On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Casey Edgeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love this - its a bit more than a lot of people would like to spend though. I wonder how big of a user base they have. On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A pretty amazing piece of interaction design. http://www.sniftag.com/ -r- Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- -- I'm doing a century ride for the Leukemia Lymphoma society! Join me on my journey in any way you wish - whether it be joining me on my ride, cheering me on, or donating money for the cause. I can't do this alone, so I appreciate any support I can get! Help me cure Leukemia Lymphoma By donating directly: http://pages.teamintraining.org/sj/tdps09/cedgeton By buying shirts: http://www.zazzle.com/cedgeton Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag
On Nov 17, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Eva Kaniasty wrote: Clearly, you're not a dog owner, Casey. :) I've been watching this company for a while. They just released the snif tag, and chances are pretty good my dog will be getting one for Christmas. It's a pretty innovative use of the technology, and I can just picture this being used on kids next. :) In addition to the social aspect of it, imagine sending your dog to doggy day care and being able to monitor his activity level using snif. Or if you have a dog w/a particular ailment, but can't bring the dog to work, you can monitor their activity level—too inactive and you know something's wrong. I'm fortunate that I bring my dog to work w/me just about every day, but I can see the usefulness of this on the days she's too lazy to get out of bed—gotta love the life of an English bulldog. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] [Plug] “Working through Scr eens” Illustrated online book available for dow nload
[Apologies for cross posting] Are you interested in a collection of ideas that can help your product team sketch meaningful and compelling new concepts for knowledge work tools? I am pleased to announce the inaugural publication in Flashbulb Interaction's Application Concepting Series: *Working through Screens: 100 Ideas for Envisioning Powerful, Engaging, and Productive User Experiences in Knowledge Work* This book is a reference for product teams creating new or iteratively improved applications for thinking work. Written for use during early, formative conversations, it provides teams with a broad range of considerations for setting the overall direction and priorities for their onscreen tools. With hundreds of envisioning questions and fictional examples from clinical research, financial trading, and architecture, this volume can help definers and designers to explore innovative new directions for their products. *Working through Screens* is available in three formats, each of which is freely available via the creative commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 1. Highly summarized Idea Cards .pdf (recommended for a quick look!) 2. 143 page .pdf book 3. Full book as 121 .html pages View / Download online book: http://www.FlashbulbInteraction.com/WTS.html I am very curious to hear what the IxDA community thinks of this work! Please post to the group or drop me a line with any feedback that you might have. Thank you, Jake Burghardt Principle Consultant Flashbulb Interaction, Inc. E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: 206.280.3135 W: www.FlashbulbInteraction.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobburghardt Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] [Plug] “Working through Scr eens” Illustrated online book available for dow nload
[Apologies for cross posting] Are you interested in a collection of ideas that can help your product team sketch meaningful and compelling new concepts for knowledge work tools? I am pleased to announce the inaugural publication in Flashbulb Interaction's Application Concepting Series: *Working through Screens: 100 Ideas for Envisioning Powerful, Engaging, and Productive User Experiences in Knowledge Work* This book is a reference for product teams creating new or iteratively improved applications for thinking work. Written for use during early, formative conversations, it provides teams with a broad range of considerations for setting the overall direction and priorities for their onscreen tools. With hundreds of envisioning questions and fictional examples from clinical research, financial trading, and architecture, this volume can help definers and designers to explore innovative new directions for their products. *Working through Screens* is available in three formats, each of which is freely available via the creative commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). 1. Highly summarized Idea Cards .pdf (recommended for a quick look!) 2. 143 page .pdf book 3. Full book as 121 .html pages View / Download online book: http://www.FlashbulbInteraction.com/WTS.htmlhttp://www.flashbulbinteraction.com/WTS.html I am very curious to hear what the IxDA community thinks of this work! Please post to the group or drop me a line with any feedback that you might have. Thank you, Jake Burghardt Principle Consultant Flashbulb Interaction, Inc. E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: 206.280.3135 W: www.FlashbulbInteraction.com http://www.flashbulbinteraction.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobburghardt Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Disruptive technology espoused by UX practitioners in these recession times
For a bit more about disruptive technologies, please visit: http://www.w3w3.com/DisruptiveTech.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology Best regards, Paul Turner Interaction Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35648 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag
Seems similar to Fitbit (although Fitbit isn't available yet) - I wonder why people couldn't wear Sniftag and dogs Fitbit? I guess it's an issue of canine-centered design. http://www.fitbit.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35610 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Plug] %u201CWorking through Screens%u201D Illustrated online book available for download
very nice! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35661 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] SnifTag a Practical Application
I have a real world practical application that might make SnifTag useful. One of my beloved English Bulldogs has seizures. She only has the a few times a year, so it's not as bad as it could be. However, the more they have seizures and the longer they last, the more likely they are to become more frequent. The longer the seizure, the more dangerous it gets, as it could literally raise their body temperature and cook their brain. Thankfully, has only had three. However, several months ago, my wife and I came home to find that she had seizured while we were out. We had no idea how long the seizure had lasted. This might be a practical application for my SnifTag. If there's a way to monitor her movement and activity level, I might be able to go back to that moment and have an idea how long it lasted. This has a pretty significant impact on the recommended treatment. Anyway, Marcel and the group behind SnifTag are onto something that I think could, and hopefully will, prove to be very valuable. People spend a lot of money on their pets. Hell, Leona Helmsly left her pooch millions of dollars to be cared for. I know our dogs are family and there's nothing we wouldn't do for them. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position
I agree with Danny (Option B). Facebook is a good example. Also not having a some sort of dialog as Sasha suggests can be confusing for users that are either expecting one or don't notice the change in options. The more important the confirmation of a deletion is the more the confirmation should be at the user's center of attention. Consider a modal dialog with a opacity filter on the main screen behind it to ensure the user's maximum attention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35637 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer
Dan Saffer (aka @odannyboy) posted this interesting collection of user rights, in the spirit of the Declaration of Human Rights which is coming up on a milestone anniversary. http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2008/11/a-universal-declaration-of-users-rights/ Whatchya'all think? -- dave -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst
Has anyone used this yet? http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/ -- Art provokes thinking, design solves problems w: http://www.davidshaw.info Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Remember when we all went ga ga for the interactions in Iron Man and Minority Report? They're heeeerrrree...
Can we please play with this at Interaction '09 in Vancouver?? http://gizmodo.com/5090366/g+speak-minority-report-gesture-ui-actually-made-by-minority-report-designer Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Remember when we all went ga ga for the interactions in Iron Man and Minority Report? They're heeeerrrree...
BTW, the new James Bond movie also has a nifty little UI interlude on a touchscreen table. I think it might be longer than some of these other sequences people have mentioned. MT On Nov 17, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Angel Anderson wrote: Can we please play with this at Interaction '09 in Vancouver?? http://gizmodo.com/5090366/g+speak-minority-report-gesture-ui-actually-made-by-minority-report-designer Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position
Thank you all for answers, I'll go with option B. Here is how it looks right now, I position it on the left of delete icon and use overlay to attract user attention. http://i33.tinypic.com/5d7zic.png Thanks again, you guys are awesome :) -- Maxim Soloviev Director of Product Development www.nakea.net Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage
Hi Ali, Some little things: Literature is misspelled as Litterature in the navigation links. I think there should be a hyphen in User-Centered Designer. There's no indication in the navigation that you are where you are. For example, when you are on the About me page, the link to the About me page looks the same as all the other links. I would not have a link to the page that you're already on. For example, if you are on the About me page, I would not have a link to the About me page. I agree with Terry that the font size is a little small. All the best, Mitch On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Terry Fitzgerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not a fan of white text on black background. It's harder on the eyes. And your fonts are pretty small to overcome the reading difficulties. -- Regards Terry http://www.linkedin.com/in/terryfitzgerald BLOG: http://hitsandmesses.blogspot.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer
I think its fine to come up with a set of rough guidelines on good practice. However, to present this list in the context of of the Declaration of Human Rights ignores the fact that most of the 'Articles' are already covered by existing laws, the rest by market forces. The list completely side steps the fact that we're talking about Consumers with free will, not Humans subject to oppression and without the ability to migrate. If something sucks, users go elsewhere. I do not see any correlation between Twitter outages and Guantanamo. To answer his question why isn%u2019t there a list of users%u2019 rights anywhere? Users are ultimately consumers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_rights /pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35669 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer
Loren wrote: How do we prevent Google from knowing pretty much everything about us? By reading the EULA when you sign up for their services and clicking 'I do not agree' I do not disagree that data collect and privacy are issues. I do not agree that we need regulation to protect us from ourselves and the un-informed decisions can we make. Google pays for gmail by scraping the data they collect on you. If you dont like, stop using gmail. There's your Users Rights. /pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35669 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer
Articles 2, 3, and 7 are great. There are so many services that are providing users with great functionality while collecting a vast amount of personal information. But how do we try to enforce or embody these laws? How do we prevent Google from knowing pretty much everything about us? A blog post is a good start, but real regulation seems, to me, to be the ultimate answer. I would be happy to know that someone is watching Google / Facebook / Advert. Networks / etc. and ensuring that they don't manage to overuse or overcollect my personal data. Loren - http://acleandesign.com On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:50 AM, David Malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Saffer (aka @odannyboy) posted this interesting collection of user rights, in the spirit of the Declaration of Human Rights which is coming up on a milestone anniversary. http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2008/11/a-universal-declaration-of-users-rights/ Whatchya'all think? -- dave -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst
I am on the early preview list, but am Mac-less and thus can't look at it yet. No offense to our fine Fireworks/Adobe reps on this list, but What were you thinking. Every Mac out there (in the last 3 years) is capable of running Windows ... No one on a Windows box can run MacOS. REALLY stupid move Adobe. Oh well, I was hoping to have a significant preview up and running so I can make it a requirement for my student's studio class this coming quarter. OH WELL! Back to Blend I go. ;-) -- dave ps. please don't tell me to go out and buy a Mac. 1) I know! 2) it ain't always my choice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35670 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas
Hi Michael, et al, I helped formalize persona creation methods while I was at Cooper, and I recently spoke on the subject of some common persona misconceptions with a current Cooperista, Steve Calde. Please see http://www.devise.com/further_reading and look to the bottom of the page for an embedded version of our Death to Personas! Long Live Personas! presentation. But I sure wish you'd posted your concerns about personas before that presentation was authored, as the three you raise make for interesting topics of discussion. :) It seems to me that what's missing most here is a grounding in their formal practice. (For that, we can all look forward to Kim Goodwin's upcoming book!) But here goes a quick pass at addressing your concerns, especially the first one which nobody's really targeted yet in this thread: 1) Frankenstein. The persona creation methodology does not involve one combin[ing] the various data points into some mock person. Instead, each individual's characteristics are mapped against specific dimensions of interest discovered during field research (ideally!!). Then you'll do it again for another dimension, and another and another. For example... if a key dimension of interest is tech-savviness, you'll map the place of individuals A, B and C on that spectrum, and then you'll map their place against another dimension of interest such as concern-about-security. And then you'll see what kind of pattern has developed by (for example) seeing that B C are both tech-savvy and unconcerned about security and are also grouped on a variety of other dimensions. And A is an outlier who's not tech-savvy and is concerned about security, and also isolated on a variety of other dimensions. Voila, you have identified two separate user archetypes, one fed by BC data and the other by A (this being a simplified example, of course); they are proto-personas who represent patterns in your research data. They are not an artificial combination of disparate body parts, to refer back to your proposed monster. ;) 2) Efficiency. How efficient is it to share a bunch of numerical data points, versus how much more efficient is it to map those data points onto a consolidated graph? The unification of research patterns into a single, narrative user archetype is fundamentally an efficient method to model one's ethnographically-inspired research. It's similar to making graphical models of complex workflows, or diagrams of contexts of use. Models are inherently more efficient than discursive texts or indexes of findings. The narrative form of a persona description can be taken too far, however, and this is a problem discussed in our presentation. Overly biographical and life-goal-oriented personas can be distracting and are indeed inefficient for teams to consume. It takes some practice to find the right level at which to document personas, and often for me still involves fine-tuning for the audience at hand. 3) Variability. Hopefully my quick elucidation about the original persona creation methodology helps you to see that the mapping of individuals to dimensions of interest is a relatively scientific method. There are occasional disagreements in the research team about where to place an individual on the scale of a dimension, but such disagreements tend to be resolved quickly and usually indicate there are multiple dimensions of interest in that one area. And having taught the Cooper U Interaction Design Practicum course, I can attest that different classrooms filled with fresh attendees have no problem with repeatedly mapping and identifying the archetypes originally discovered in the research data. I look forward to learning more about the relationship between validity vs. reliability from that document Josh sent around. This morning I did quickly peruse the Chapman-Milham Personas piece. It's probably statistically true that as features are added, the overall probability of a composite decreases. That's why it's utterly crucial that personas be created and then utilized within a specific domain -- one should not re-purpose personas from a research conducted around virus software, for example, to a design problem on cloud computing; to do so would expand and re-consider their characteristics using fiction, not fact. As for their repeated points about it being unclear about what data underlies these personas...well, yeah, that's what you get when you write an academically-inclined paper far removed from the research design process. ;) The data was there for the team to use but it generally isn't passed along to the client. Still, I think their proposals for future research are excellent; and to their first suggestion, about creating a set of customer data and giving it to independent teams -- that's what I've seen done at Cooper U with repeated validity. Personas are not any kind of be-all end-all method, so don't misconstrue my points. They can, however, be a powerful tool in a designer's toolkit. And it's
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst
Is this the official name for Thermo, or is this a different product in the same vein? It looks very similar to the Thermo demo. On Nov 17, 2008, at 6:37 AM, David Malouf wrote: No offense to our fine Fireworks/Adobe reps on this list, but What were you thinking. Every Mac out there (in the last 3 years) is capable of running Windows ... Yeah, I wish I was working on one of them. G5s still perform well enough that I can't make the case for purchasing a new Mac quite yet. No one on a Windows box can run MacOS. REALLY stupid move Adobe. They would hear the same complaint in the other direction. Just because you CAN run Windows on your Mac doesn't mean you WANT to. Best, Jack Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com Charles Eames was asked the question, What are the boundaries of design? He answered, What are the boundaries of problems? - Charles Eames Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst
it's thermo. I'm guessing that they either did mac intel first to annoy MS (less likely), or because something about the underlying foundation (eclipse) was easier to tweak on os x than it was on windows. you might have MS to blame for undermining Java on their OS... regardless a Windows version will follow. MT On Nov 17, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Jack Moffett wrote: Is this the official name for Thermo, or is this a different product in the same vein? It looks very similar to the Thermo demo. On Nov 17, 2008, at 6:37 AM, David Malouf wrote: No offense to our fine Fireworks/Adobe reps on this list, but What were you thinking. Every Mac out there (in the last 3 years) is capable of running Windows ... Yeah, I wish I was working on one of them. G5s still perform well enough that I can't make the case for purchasing a new Mac quite yet. No one on a Windows box can run MacOS. REALLY stupid move Adobe. They would hear the same complaint in the other direction. Just because you CAN run Windows on your Mac doesn't mean you WANT to. Best, Jack Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst
the demo on the labs site looks interesting.. but i wonder how valuable it will be as a pure prototyping tool if the rest of the work flow isn't flash/flex... if you want to prototype a native mac or windows app, or a web app that's not flex, will this still be a good tool? On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Jack Moffett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the official name for Thermo, or is this a different product in the same vein? It looks very similar to the Thermo demo. On Nov 17, 2008, at 6:37 AM, David Malouf wrote: No offense to our fine Fireworks/Adobe reps on this list, but What were you thinking. Every Mac out there (in the last 3 years) is capable of running Windows ... Yeah, I wish I was working on one of them. G5s still perform well enough that I can't make the case for purchasing a new Mac quite yet. No one on a Windows box can run MacOS. REALLY stupid move Adobe. They would hear the same complaint in the other direction. Just because you CAN run Windows on your Mac doesn't mean you WANT to. Best, Jack Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com Charles Eames was asked the question, What are the boundaries of design? He answered, What are the boundaries of problems? - Charles Eames Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Matt Nish-Lapidus -- personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: emenel Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] People think I read everything ...
I barely ever hit the trends link in Google reader, but I'm a little bored and clicked it. What did I learn? Well relevant to this community is ... I only read 28% of the average 37+ messages that come in a day. So there! ... ;-) What was further interesting is that blogs w/ less volume don't always get more read. But the interesting ones are Konigi Putting People First eHub These 3 are all over 40% They are 3 VERY different blogs, but I think it says a lot about their quality as opposed to the subject matter. -- dave -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst
On Nov 17, 2008, at 3:45 PM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus wrote: the demo on the labs site looks interesting.. but i wonder how valuable it will be as a pure prototyping tool if the rest of the work flow isn't flash/flex... if you want to prototype a native mac or windows app, or a web app that's not flex, will this still be a good tool? Yes! I currently have a graphics library of Windows UI components (from various versions) that I use to construct screens in Photoshop. I have another graphics library of components for my company's web apps. Then there are the ones for the solutions I've done under contract. That makes it relatively quick to mock up a screen. However, if I want to make an interactive mockup, I then have to cut my screens up into pieces and import them into Director, reassemble them, and add the scripting. Now, I'll be able to go straight into Thermo... I mean Flash Catalyst, and start adding the interactivity directly. This will be a huge time savings for me. I actually rarely do interactive prototypes because I don't have the time. I'm hoping that this product will allow me to work them into my schedule again. If you haven't seen it, and it's still available, check out the Thermo demo, as it showed more than the video linked to in this thread. Best, Jack Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com If there's anything more annoying than a machine that won't do what you want, it's a machine that won't do what you want and has been programmed to behave as though it likes you. - Don Norman Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst
Here's the link to the Thermo demo I referred to. http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/december2007/video/?trackingid=BOYND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35670 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas
Liz finishes this precisely... And it's essential to remember that no design process stops with personas And Will's stance in my opinion is spot on in suggesting that personas are essential when you are...sorry for the quote..going to the mattresses :) Personas are to me the foundation of a building. A building in which the lobby and the second floor are almost never the same. In the same way that Mike scrutinizes personas so can one question only focusing on the bits and pieces as he puts it. Bits and pieces are exactly that. They are meant to form a whole. It is our job to put those pieces together. Personas become even more important when the data sets themselves are not representative to the whole puzzle. It is important to understand that it is not a fictional character. You are building a real base, a solid foundation that will propel your workflow from start to finish. - 2cents from Jake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35624 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage
Great link, thanks! Sebi On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Jakub Linowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: http://www.ironicsans.com/owmyeyes/ :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35607 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer
On Nov 17, 2008, at 3:22 AM, Pauric wrote: However, to present this list in the context of of the Declaration of Human Rights ignores the fact that most of the 'Articles' are already covered by existing laws, the rest by market forces. The list completely side steps the fact that we're talking about Consumers with free will, not Humans subject to oppression and without the ability to migrate. If something sucks, users go elsewhere. Yes, because we've seen how well an unregulated free market works recently. Users often cannot go elsewhere. Their place of business provides them with the tools to use. Their doctor takes data from them. A website they use sells their data to advertisers. They have to deal with their local/national government systems. And even if you can switch, it can be a difficult process. Try switching from an iPod to an open source music player and see what happens. Try changing your insulin pump. The Users Rights would be for those who don't have a choice. Dan Dan Saffer Principal, Kicker Studio http://www.kickerstudio.com http://www.odannyboy.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas
Michael, 2008/11/17 Michael Stiso [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1) *Frankenstein.* As I understand it, the better persona practitioners will base their constructions on real-world data. Essentially, they use various methods to gather a bunch of data on behaviors, attitudes, and demographics from some population, and then reorganize and combine the various data points into some mock person. If that is correct, then it would seem that the resulting persona doesn't represent any actual user -- it's just made up of parts of real users, like a Frankenstein's monster. As James Pagehttp://gamma.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=35466#35613said in a comment on the ACD/UCD thread, the result is a fiction. I think this point is the major misconception about the creation of a good persona. As Liz outlines, and Will alludes to, a persona is an archetype representing a segment of the audience. To derive those archetypes one does not copy and paste characteristics from real users willy-nilly to craft a pleasant-looking, but fictional user. Just like in market research, persona creation is a segmentation exercise that should be a) driven by real user research; b) analysed using appropriate techniques. In this case, one of several forms of multi-variate statistical analysis ranging from the simple (cross-tabulation, or radial maps) to the complex (clustering analysis, multi-dimensional scaling, or factor analysis). In each case the aim is to identify groupings or clusters of users who share a largely overlapping set of characteristics in those dimensions relevant to your design problem. Personas - when done in this manner - *are not* fictional; they're representative, and that's a whole world of difference. Regards Steve -- Steve 'Doc' Baty | Principal Consultant | Meld Consulting | P: +61 417 061 292 | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Twitter: docbaty Blog: http://docholdsfourth.blogspot.com Contributor - UXMatters - www.uxmatters.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer
Hm, what am I consuming as a user of a, say, banking service? (assume I only deposit, for the sake of the argument) I, for one, have a big issue with the term 'consumer'. I really hope we get passed it as soon as possible and get back to being humans. Sebi On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Pauric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not see any correlation between Twitter outages and Guantanamo. To answer his question why isn%u2019t there a list of users%u2019 rights anywhere? Users are ultimately consumers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_rights /pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35669 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas
Probably not as you are communicating something that is fictional, and does not represent anything. There are so many problems with this statement James! Is it your contention that fiction doesn't represent anything? Or that practicing designers are representing NOTHING with their personas? You've got to be kidding me! Designers are representing their research, their ideas, their thinking. If you want, they're representing their opinions and biases as well. Design is a creative act. We all have to represent our creative thinking. We use many tools to do this--and we don't need to claim that our tools are scientific for our work to be valid. As for fiction not representing anything... I'll leave that for another day! JS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35624 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position
Maxim, Looks great! Thanks for the Thanks :) -Jake On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Maxim Soloviev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you all for answers, I'll go with option B. Here is how it looks right now, I position it on the left of delete icon and use overlay to attract user attention. http://i33.tinypic.com/5d7zic.png Thanks again, you guys are awesome :) -- Maxim Soloviev Director of Product Development www.nakea.net Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag
And yet, they can't even make a landing page that properly handles even slightly larger fonts. Sheesh. Is basic testing dead? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35610 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage
props to this board for being polite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35607 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Thesis and Internship
Hi, I am a MSc student in Interaction Design. I will be done with my courses before summer and I am looking for companies where I can work as a paid intern and do my thesis along. Does anybody have an intern position after Summer Next year? I am studying at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. I am interested in Ubicomp. I specialize in Signal processing. Have worked in Java for more than 3 years. I also have experience in HCI and speech technology. Sagun Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position
Hi Maxim, Or not have the dialog, instead offering user's a undo if possible. Regards, Jarod On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Maxim Soloviev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone :) I'm working on UI for web application and I need to show several dialogs, one of them is confirmation of deleting the file. So I'm wondering -- what is the best position for modal dialog: A. Center of screen B. Near control that caused dialog appearance C. Near mouse cursor position (in most cases it will be equal to B since there is very little delay between action and showing dialog). Thank you. -- Maxim Soloviev Director of Product Development www.nakea.net Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- http://designforuse.blogspot.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas
Hi James, We are told so many times not to use us for our designs, ourselves, or our mothers as the target for a design. But surely this is better than something that is purely fictional. Persona is/should be based on user research data underneath (at least for design). This is defined from early practitioners like Alan Cooper (and he proved why the instantiation of persona should based on concrete user research in his books). To say it's fictional, one may miss the point of persona usage for design . Regards, Jarod -- http://designforuse.blogspot.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position
Hello Maxim, The goal is to reduce the file deletion errors, am I right? There are many ways to solve this problem -- showing a dialog is a painful way to handle such situations. If the application you are building or redesigning is for a website then you can do certain things. At first, it must be made clear to the users that there are file dependencies before she takes the delete decision. You can show the user one of these things: how many files have links to this file or/and if possible a way to show the list of files that have links to it. This will reduce the file deletion errors drastically. The next step to reduce this type of error is have proactive file management. If there are files that have no dependencies, let the user know about those files implicitly (either through appropriate icon or other categorization techniques). In your situation, the delete icon is very far from the name of the file. The chances of accidently deleting the file due to parallax error is very high. So I would suggest reducing the distance of the label and the corresponding action button. This will reduce many such errors. Other ways to reduce parallax errors are: alternate background color, provide a place for eye to rest after each 5-6 lines (like a slightly thicker line, a slight change in line color, or a little more space). The third and the last step is to provide a way to recover from errors quickly. An undo is a good way to implement recovery from errors. And if you cannot implement any of the above, you can always get back to troubling the user by warning them (as a dialog box). To ensure which file is being deleted, show the file for deletion with a different background row color. Also ensure that the dialog box does not cover the name of the file. Hope this helps. - Ripul -- Ripul Kumar Director, Usability Consulting User Research Kern Communications Pvt. Ltd. http://www.kern-comm.com * Usability in India * Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
